The mother of the hairweeve
Oh my!! I can hear the bruthas right now on this one (hahahahahahahahaha!). Regardless how you feel about the weeve revolution, you gotta give this woman her props.
What is crazy is that Asians have practically taken over this market. Go figure!
“In 1949, while in Chicago, Mrs. Jenkins was employed by a wig manufacturer and during her employment she noticed several common complaints from customers. The common complaint however was that the wigs would fall off of the clients head. She started researching the problem in hopes of finding a solution that would allow for the permanent attachment of commercial hair to the client’s head permanently.
Her research continued even after she left Chicago and moved back to Cleveland, Ohio. While in Cleveland, she came up with a revolutionary process that would weave commercial hair to human hair. She called the process “Hairweeve” and obtained a patent for it in 1951.” (more…)
From the website Topblacks.com
